Questions

Student Objectives
The essence of this section is to enable you to;

1. Analyze the relationships among ethical, social, and political issues that are raised by information systems.
2. Identify the main moral dimensions of an information society and specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide ethical decisions.
3. Evaluate the impact of contemporary information systems and the Internet on the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property.
4. Assess how information systems have affected everyday life.

			Question 1. Which moral dimension of the information age involves cultural values and practices?
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			Information rights and obligations
	Accountability and control
	Property rights and obligations
	Quality of life
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			Question 2. Using computers to combine data from multiple sources and creating electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called
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			nonobvious relationship awareness (NORA).
	profiling.
	due process.
	informed consent.
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			Question 3. Correlating relationships to find obscure hidden connections in disparate databases and other sources is called
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			nonobvious relationship awareness.
	profiling.
	due process.
	informed consent.
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			Question 4. A basic ethical concept that means mechanisms are in place to determine who took responsible action or who is responsible for certain actions is
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			responsibility.
	liability.
	accountability.
	due process.
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			Question 5. Most American and European privacy law is based on a regime called
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			fair information practices (FIP).
	privacy rights of individuals.
	safe harbor theories.
	opt-out models of informed consent.
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			Question 6. Tiny files deposited on a computer hard drive when a user visits certain Web sites are called
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			Web bugs.
	cookies.
	safe harbors.
	viruses.
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			Question 7. The model of informed consent permits the collection of personal information until the consumer specifically requests that data not be collected.
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			safe harbor
	platform for privacy preferences
	opt-out
	opt-in
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			Question 8. An intellectual work product used for a business purpose is classified as a provided it is not based on information in the public domain.
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			copyright
	patent
	digital millennium copyright
	trade secret
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			Question 9. Which law protects creators of intellectual property for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years after the author's death?
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			Copyright
	Trade secret
	Patent
	Digital Millennium copyright
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			Question 10. Which law grants the owner an exclusive monopoly on the ideas behind an invention for 20 years?
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			Copyright
	Trade secret
	Patent
	Digital millennium copyright
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			Question 11. The commission of acts involving a computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical is known as
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			computer crime.
	information privacy violations.
	lack of accountability.
	computer abuse.
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			Question 12. Which of the following is not a principal source of poor system performance?
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			Software bugs and errors
	Government regulation
	Hardware or facility failures
	Poor input data quality
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			Question 13. Which of the following makes it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?
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			Freedom of Information Act of 1966
	E-Government Act of 2002
	World Intellectual Property Organization Treaty
	Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
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			Question 14. The single largest source of repetitive stress injuries is
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			computer monitors.
	computer keyboards.
	computer mouse.
	computer speakers.
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			Question 15. The most common kind of computer-related repetitive stress injury is
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			computer vision syndrome.
	severe back pain.
	technostress.
	carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
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			Question 16. In today's new legal environment, managers who violate the law and are convicted will most likely spend time in prison.
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	True False
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			Question 17. Information systems don't necessarily threaten existing distributions of power, money, rights, and obligations.
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	True False
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			Question 18. Political institutions do not require a demonstration of real harm before they develop new laws governing information systems.
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	True False
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			Question 19. Advances in data storage techniques and rapidly declining storage costs have been responsible for the multiplying databases on individuals.
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	True False
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			Question 20. Accountability means that you accept the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make.
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	True False
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			Question 21. At present, most U.S. federal privacy laws apply only to the federal government and regulate very few areas of the private sector.
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	True False
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			Question 22. A safe harbor requires government regulation and enforcement.
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	True False
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			Question 23. Most Internet businesses do little to protect customer privacy.
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	True False
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			Question 24. Copyright law protects both the underlying ideas behind a work and the manifestation in a work.
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	True False
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			Question 25. The Internet has made it much easier to protect intellectual property.
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	True False
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			Question 26. Internet service providers (ISPs) are required to take down sites of copyright infringers that they are hosting once they are notified of the problem.
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	True False
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			Question 27. Lower-level employees may be empowered to make minor decisions, but the key policy decisions are still very centralized.
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	True False
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			Question 28. Simply accessing a computer system without authorization or with intent to do harm, even by accident, is now a federal crime.
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	True False
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			Question 29. Repetitive stress injuries due to computer use are unavoidable.
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	True False
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			Question 30. According to experts, humans working continuously with computers come to expect other humans to behave like computers.
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	True False
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			Question 31. Discuss how information systems raise new ethical questions for both individuals and societies.
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			Question 32. Define the four basic concepts of ethics in an information society.
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			Question 33. Explain the concept of privacy and what the U.S. government is doing to help protect individual online privacy.
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			Question 34. Discuss how the Internet and other information technologies challenge intellectual property rights.
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			Question 35. Discuss how technology impacts our quality of life and describe some of the negative social consequences of systems.
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